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nicecleatswannaruck1 karma2014-12-29 15:01:33 UTC
Reading the title reminded me of this article on the Washington Post and this MIT research paper - TD;DR: over-reliance of lettuce crops may raise Oxygen in ambient air to dangerously high levels.
I understand that the crew potentially habitating Mars will need more than Lettuce to survive, but how do you think we'll approach the challenge of perpetuating a microbiome for settlers?
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Reading the title reminded me of this article on the Washington Post and this MIT research paper - TD;DR: over-reliance of lettuce crops may raise Oxygen in ambient air to dangerously high levels.
I understand that the crew potentially habitating Mars will need more than Lettuce to survive, but how do you think we'll approach the challenge of perpetuating a microbiome for settlers?
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